Over 5,600 voter verification hearings pending in Panchkula

Panchkula, Oct 12 (UNI) As many as 5,643 voter verification hearings remain pending in Panchkula district under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, prompting the district administration to direct election officials to dispose of all outstanding cases by October 28, ahead of the publication of the final voter lists on November 6. The pending hearings account for 5.44 per cent of the 1,03,684 notices generated under the SIR-2026 exercise across the district's two Assembly constituencies, Kalka and Panchkula, according to figures reviewed at a high-level meeting chaired by the Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer on Monday. The Deputy Commissioner…